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Dick Crockett
Richard DeHart Crockett (February 27, 1915 – January 25, 1979) was an American television and film actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, producer, and director, best known for his work with director Blake Edwards. Career The first film he worked on was ''Room Service (1938 film), Room Service'' in 1938. The following year he began acting and doing stunt work in ''Bachelor Mother'' and ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' respectively. He appeared in ''Munster, Go Home!'' and ''Batman (1966 film), Batman'' which were both released in 1966 and based on the respective television shows. Crockett continued as an actor and a stuntman until the late 1970s. He was also an associate producer for four movies in the 1960s: ''The Pink Panther (1963 film), The Pink Panther'', ''The Great Race'', ''What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' and ''Gunn (film), Gunn''. A few years later he became a second unit director for ''Darling Lili'', ''The Moonshin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (1966 Film)
''Batman'' (also known as ''Batman: The Movie'') is a 1966 American superhero film directed by Leslie H. Martinson. Based on the television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character of the same name, the film stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the last episode of the first season of the television series. The film includes most members of the original TV cast, with the exception of Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman in the first two seasons; for the movie, she was replaced by Lee Meriwether. Plot When Batman and Robin get a tip that Commodore Schmidlapp, owner of the Big Ben Distillery, is in danger aboard his yacht, they launch a rescue mission using the Batcopter. As Batman descends on the bat-ladder to land on the yacht, it suddenly vanishes beneath him. He rises out of the sea with a shark attacking his leg. After Batman dislodges it with bat-shark repellent, the shark explodes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected to the office of president or vice president as well as the only president to date from Michigan. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, and was appointed to be the 40th vice president in 1973. When President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, Ford succeeded to the presidency, but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ford attended the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the school's football team, winning two national championships. Following his senior year, he turned down offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, instead opting to go to Yale Law School. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Milkman
''The Milkman'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante and Piper Laurie. Plot Roger Bradley is denied a milkman job at his father's company because of his postwar trauma; when he becomes stressed or frustrated, he quacks like a duck. In revenge, Roger secures a job with his father's archrival Breezy Albright at another milk company. Roger becomes very successful and quickly falls in love with the boss's daughter Chris Abbott. Cast * Donald O'Connor as Roger Bradley * Jimmy Durante as Breezy Albright * Piper Laurie as Chris Abbott * Joyce Holden as Ginger Burton * William Conrad as Mike Morrel * Henry O'Neill as Bradley Sr. * Paul Harvey as D.A. Abbott * Jess Barker as John Carter * Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Carter * Frank Nelson as Mr. Green * Charles Flynn as Sgt. Larkin * Garry Owen as Irving * John Cliff John Cliff (7 March 1883 – 18 October 1977) was the first Assistant General Secretary of the Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Avenue (film)
''Wabash Avenue'' is a 1950 American musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Betty Grable. The film was a remake of Grable's earlier hit 1943 film ''Coney Island''. Plot Ruby Summers (Betty Grable) is a burlesque queen in a successful dance hall in 1892 Chicago. The owner of the dance hall Mike (Phil Harris) has cheated his ex-partner Andy Clark (Victor Mature) out of a half interest in the business. Andy schemes to potentially ruin Mike and also hopes to make Ruby a classy entertainer, as well as his own girl. Cast * Betty Grable as Ruby Summers * Victor Mature as Andy Clark * Phil Harris as Mike Stanley * Reginald Gardiner as English Eddie * James Barton as Harrigan * Barry Kelley as Bouncer * Margaret Hamilton as Tillie Hutch * Jacqueline Dalya as Cleo * Robin Raymond as Jennie * Hal K. Dawson as Healy * Dorothy Neumann as Reformer * Alexander Pope as Charlie Saxe * Henry Kulky as Joe Barton * Marie Bryant as Elsa * Collette Lyons as Beulah * George Beranger as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Luck Of The Irish (1948 Film)
''The Luck of the Irish'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter. The film was based on the 1948 novel ''There Was a Little Man'' by Guy Pearce Jones and Constance Bridges Jones. Plot Stephen Fitzgerald, a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and beautiful young Nora, while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée Frances, and her wealthy father David C. Augur in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well. Stephen is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland. Cast Awards and nominations * Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Cecil Kellaway Radio adaptation ''The Luck of the Irish'' was presented on ''Lux Radio Theatre'' on CBS December 27, 1948. The adaptation starred Dana Andrews, Baxter, Kellaway, and Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway (1 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panhandle (film)
''Panhandle'' is a 1948 Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Rod Cameron. This Western marked the writing and producing debuts of Blake Edwards and John C. Champion. Champion later reworked the story as the 1966 Audie Murphy western, ''The Texican''. The team of Edwards, Champion, Selander, and star Rod Cameron reteamed the following year for the western ''Stampede''. Edwards later produced the police drama '' City Detective'' starring Cameron. The series was the first syndicated on television. Cast * Rod Cameron as John Sands *Cathy Downs as Jean 'Dusty' Stewart *Reed Hadley as Matt Garson *Anne Gwynne as June O'Carroll *Blake Edwards as Floyd Schofield *Dick Crockett as Elliott Crockett *Rory Mallinson as Sheriff Jim *Charles Judels as Botticelli - the Barber *Alex Gerry as Raven McBride *Francis McDonald as Crump *J. Farrell MacDonald as Doc Cooper *Henry Hall as Wells *Stanley Andrews as Tyler *Jeff York Jeff York (March 23, 1912 – October 11, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 Film)
''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' is a 1946 American film noir based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James M. Cain. This adaptation of the novel features Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, and Audrey Totter. It was directed by Tay Garnett. The musical score was written by George Bassman and Erich Zeisl (the latter uncredited). This version was the third filming of ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'', but the first under the novel's original title and the first in English. Previously, the novel had been filmed as ''Le Dernier Tournant'' (''The Last Turning'') in France in 1939 and as ''Ossessione'' (''Obsession'') in Italy in 1943. Plot Frank Chambers is an amiable, restless drifter who has hitched a ride with local District Attorney Kyle Sackett. He drops Frank off at a rural diner/service station named "Twin Oaks", which is on a highway in the hills outside Los Angeles. Frank begins working there. The diner is operated by the stodgy N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blonde Alibi
''Blonde Alibi'' is a 1946 American black-and-white noir thriller directed by Will Jason and starring Tom Neal, Martha O'Driscoll, Donald MacBride, and Peter Whitney. Cast *Tom Neal as Rick Lavery *Martha O'Driscoll as Marian Gale *Donald MacBride as Insp. Carmichael * Peter Whitney as Police Lt. Melody Haynes *Samuel S. Hinds as Prof. Slater * Robert Armstrong as Williams *Elisha Cook Jr. Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in films noir. According to Bill Georgaris of TSPDT: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They, Cook appeared in a total of 21 film ... as Sam Collins * Marc Lawrence as Joe DeRita *Oliver Blake as Pat Tenny *John Berkes as Louie Comey Home media In 2004 the film was released on DVD by Teakwood Video. References External links * * * 1946 films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Will Jason 1940s thriller films American black-and-white films American thrille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Letter For Evie
''A Letter for Evie'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Jules Dassin. Plot New York city girl Evie O'Connor works as a secretary for the Trojan Shirt Co. in Brooklyn. She has her mind set on finding a tall, strong man to marry - one that can wear a Trojan shirt with a 16 1/2 neck size. She writes a short letter and puts it in a shirt that is to be sent to an army camp. The shirt eventually ends up on private Edgar "Wolf" Larsen, who has quite a reputation as a ladies' man. Wolf reads the letter aloud to his bunk mate John Phoneas McPherson, then throws it away. John picks it up again and gets interested in finding the woman behind the letter. Although John is not big and strong like Wolf, but short and small, he decides to pursue Evie by writing her back. John and Evie become pen pals, but he sends her a picture of Wolf when she asks for a picture of him, since he is afraid she will lose interest if he admits to not being of the same size and dimension. Some time late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Week-End At The Waldorf
''Week-End at the Waldorf'', an American comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, and Van Johnson. It premiered in Los Angeles on 17 October 1945. The screenplay by Samuel and Bella Spewack is based on playwright Guy Bolton's stage adaptation of the 1929 Vicki Baum novel ''Grand Hotel'', which had been filmed as ''Grand Hotel'' in 1932. Plot The film focuses on guests staying at New York City's famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Among them are lonely screen star Irene Malvern, in town with her maid Anna for a childhood friend's wedding and the premiere of her latest movie; war correspondent Chip Collyer, mistaken for a jewel thief by Irene, but playing along to catch her attention; flyer Capt. James Hollis, wounded in World War II and facing perilous surgery in three days; wealthy shyster Martin X. Edley, who is trying to sign the Bey of Aribajan to a shady oil deal; Oliver Webson, a cub reporter for ''Collier's Weekly'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Man's Navy
''This Man's Navy'' (aka ''Airship Squadron No. 4.'' and ''Lighter Than Air'') is a 1945 World War II film about U.S. Navy blimps directed by William A. Wellman and starring Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Jan Clayton and James Gleason. The supporting cast features Selena Royle and Beery's brother Noah Beery Sr., and presents a rare opportunity to see both Beery brothers work together in their later years. The picture is also one of the very few films, other than training films, to depict U.S. Navy airship operations.Hardwick and Schnepf 1989, p. 62. Plot During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery) is the commander of a blimp at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. "Old Gas Bag", who has a reputation for telling tall tales, brags about his fictional son to his skeptical friend Jimmy Shannon (James Gleason) and, then realizes that he will need to find someone to impersonate his "son". By chance, Trumpet soon meets Jess Weaver (Tom Drake), a young disabled man, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music For Millions
''Music for Millions'' is a 1944 musical film, musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917), Marsha Hunt, Hugh Herbert, Harry Davenport (actor), Harry Davenport, and Marie Wilson (American actress), Marie Wilson. It was nominated for an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay in 1946. Plot "Mike", age 6, arrives in New York to stay with her pregnant older sister Barbara Ainsworth, who lives together with a group of young women, her co-players in a symphony orchestra. As the orchestra prepares to go on a tour of army camps, a telegram is received informing them of the death of Barbara's soldier husband in the Pacific war theater. The girls decide to keep the tragic news from her until after her baby is born. The orchestra is shown playing several classical standards before various military audiences. The talented Iturbi va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
